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Monday, January 23, 2012

Warm Spinach & Steak Salad; BaBM

I’m a weeknight meal planner.
With working all day I don’t have the time or energy to try to figure out meals
when I get home each night. So instead I plan them all out on the weekend
and know exactly what I’m having each night.

That being said I can
also be a little lazy and sometimes I just don’t feel like planning in
advance. Those days are usually not fun. They usually start out
early with a call to my husband….”hey, what do you want for dinner
tonight” “I don’t know, what do you want?” “I don’t know what are
you in the mood for” “I don’t know, you?” and round and round we go until
finally one of us is just like let’s think about it later.

And then later
comes and the scenario is pretty much the same. As you may guess these
days often don’t end well…we usually just eat something we really don’t want
just for the sake of eating. But there are a few instances were
these days turn out awesome with one or the other of us coming up with a meal
that just blows us away.

Last week was one of those
dinners…we waited until the very last minute and then my husband had a brain
storm. “Let’s do warm spinach salads with steak.” Now, why didn’t I
think of that? We stopped at the store (another reason I like to have my
meals planned) went home and put together this amazing dinner.

Moral of the story: planning is good
and sometimes not planning is even better.

Warm Spinach Salad with NY Strip

1 package baby spinach

1 red bell pepper, cut in strips

1 package of baby bella mushrooms,
sliced

Feta cheese, crumbled

Dried cranberries

Olive oil

Red wine vinegar

Heat a tablespoon of olive oil in a
skillet over medium heat. Cook bell peppers and mushrooms until desired
consistency is reached. Put aside. Heat another tablespoon of olive
oil in a cast iron skillet. Grill steak until medium rare.